Toddler refuses to eat
Hi Meg.
I am so worried about Thomas (almost 4). He refuses to eat and mealtimes are a constant battle. He seems to survive on fruit and juice and has to be bribed to eat anything else. Should I buy myself a copy of Toddler Sense? Is there a section in there on todders and their strange eating habits?
Hi Nette
Toddlers are notoriously bad eaters. As moms we measure our success on rudimentary things like food and poos and sleep :) But please don’t worry though, he will eat you out of house and home one day!
While he is a bad eater, here are a few tips:
1. Put him on a good supplement: Floradix Liquid Iron and Barley Green are a good place to start
2. Get Toddler Sense - it does have great advice on fussy toddlers.
3. Do not fight with him over food and do not follow him around with food.
4. Do not let him eat sugary sweets and chips at all unless he has had a good meal that day.
5. Give him what he likes - even it is only white bread and yogurt - the day will come when he eats colours other than white.
6. Keep TV as a reward - not a distracter at mealtimes.
Hope that helps??
Meg
Hi Meg.
Yes this really helps.
We are limiting TV as a reward and cutting out most snacks to encourage him to eat his meals.
I have bought Toddler Sense and will look at the section on fussy eaters.
Thanks for your advice.
Hello,
Im also struggling alot with my 20 month old. I had to pur all the food in little pieces and into his cereals until he was 17 months old because he woulndt even touch the food. Since hes been eating really good for brakfast, not much at all for lunch and for diner he only eats 4 different meals and thats it ( and does NOT eat vegies)!! In the past 2 weeks he started to not want to eat! Usually he loves breakfast and now he hardly eats and ate diner once in the past week!! He had like 3 normal meals in the past week!! I dont know what to do!! I hear his stomach growl but he dosent want to eat!! He must be hungry!!?? help!
I’m at whits end with my 22 month old. Since day 1 he’s been an awful eater. He has gone through phases of eating a ton one day and barely any the next and he’s really tall, but on the skinny side. He’s really smart though and has hit all his milestones ahead of other children his age (children of friends). He has had the vocab of a 2 year old since 18 months but I worry each day about his health because he never eats. Like, it is rare for him to eat anything any more. This week he’s only had one good meal and if it’s not pizza he’s not touching it! I am so worried at times. For breakfast he may have 3 bites of an egg and then milk and lunch 3 bites of a chicken nugget. He refuses almost all veggies and usually only eats peas, a few bites. Some days I just want to scream but I no longer try to force. But he only gets juice after if he actually eats and we watch TV only if he eats his breakfast. I give uP!!!